Amity Township (Berks County), PA is a small rural township located in southeastern Pennsylvania. It has been governed by the Amity Township Board of Supervisors since its foundation in 1755 and provides services to its residents including police protection, road maintenance, and public parks. The supervisors are elected officials who are responsible for setting the local tax rate and enacting ordinances that affect the town’s operations. The board meets monthly to discuss current issues, pass resolutions, and review the budget. Amity Township also has an active political community with many residents actively engaging in local politics at both the municipal and county level. In addition to electing supervisors each year, citizens participate in voter registration drives, ballot initiatives, and other activities designed to ensure that their voices are heard in government decisions. Finally, Amity Township frequently hosts forums where candidates running for office can talk about their platform and answer questions from constituents. Through these efforts, Amity Township strives to create a vibrant political atmosphere that encourages civic involvement while ensuring elected officials remain accountable to their constituents.
The political climate in Amity township (Berks County), PA is somewhat conservative.
Berks County, PA is leaning conservative. In Berks County, PA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berks county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Berks county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Amity township (Berks County), PA is somewhat conservative.
Berks County, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Reading Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Amity township (Berks County), Pennsylvania: r r d r r r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Amity township (Berks County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,954 contributions totaling $138,534 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 960 contributions totaling $142,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)